Would you recommend an Aquos over a Viera HDTV?
Research on your own.
Go over to avsforums and look into the TV model that you're looking into.
I have an Aquos, a Bravia and a Viera, they all are fine IMO. You just have to look into them on your own, if you see some glaring issues that people continue to bring up then take note... but a lot of times people nitpick and bytch about a lot of things that a lot of people won't even care about.